A First War Pair to the 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion

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A First War Pair to the 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion - British War Medal (742796 PTE. W. BAILEY. 24-CAN.INF.); and Victory Medal (742796 PTE. W. BAILEY. 24-CAN.INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, cleaned, light contact, oxidation mark on the reverse of the VM, very fine. Accompanied by eighteen pages of copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medical Records, Military Will, Discharge Certificate and Department of Veterans Affairs Death Notice. Footnote: Westley Bailey was born on July 22, 1896 in St. John, New Brunswick. He signed his Attestation Paper with the 115th Infantry Battalion at St. John, New Brunswick, on December 6, 1915, at the age of 19, stating that he was married to Mildred Bailey, that he had no previous military service and that his trade was that of Teamster. The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick with mobilization headquarters at Saint John under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. He signed his Military Will on April 25, 1916, stating that "In (the) event of my death I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife, Mr. Mildred Bailey, Sussex Post Office King's County N.B. Canada". The Battalion sailed July 23, 1916 from Halifax, Nova Scotia, aboard the S.S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F.V. Wedderburn with a strength of 34 officers and 801 other ranks, including Private Bailey, disembarking at Liverpool, England on the 31st. The 115th was absorbed by the 24th Infantry Battalion, on October 5, 1916, with Bailey taken on strength on the 6th. He proceeded overseas to France, joining them in the field on the 22nd. He was treated at No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance from February 3 - 6, 1917 for Tracheitis (a bacterial infection of the trachea (windpipe)), then transferred to the Corps Rest Station on the 6th, for two additional weeks of rest, being released on the 18th. While on service in France, he sustained a gun shot wound in the abdomen on April 6, 1917. In his Medical History of an Invalid, it details the location of his wound, at the hip bone, stating that the "entrance of (the) bullet was the size of a quarter", with the exit wound above the middle of the crest of the ilium (hip bone)". He was treated at the Military Hospital at Woking, until being transferred to the Military Isolation Unit at Aldershot on May 10th. It was here that he developed an infection and was sent back to Woking on May 31st, remaining there for two months, untilAugust 31st. He was then transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital at Epsom on September 1st, for an additional two and a half months convalescence, being discharged on November 16th. Bailey was then attached to the Canadian Convalescent Depot, remaining with them until being taken on strength by the 23rd Reserve Battalion on January 25, 1918. By the Fall, he was posted to the 1st Quebec Regimental Depot (QRD) at Bramshott on October 25, 1918, transferred to the 23rd Canadian Reserve Battalion two weeks later, on November 12th. He returned to the QRD on December 16th. It was here that he ran afoul of the authorities, by "Disobeying an order in that he absented himself from a draft. Awarded 10 Days FP2 (Field Punishment 2) by order QRD". Private Bailey returned to Canada from Liverpool aboard the S.S. Belgic on February 23rd, arriving in Halifax on March 2nd. He was discharged upon demobilization on March 20, 1919 at the St. John Dispersal Station, for the Officer Commanding District Depot # 7. Bailey died on June 21, 1965 at Lancaster Hospital in Lancaster, New Brunswick, at the age of 68.

A First War Medal Group to the Canadian Army Medical Corps - 1914-15 Star (32757 Pte D.A. LAYZELL. CAN:A.M.C.); British War Medal (32757 PTE. D.A. LAYZELL. C.A.M.C.); and Victory Medal (3757 PTE. D.A. LAYZELL. C.A.M.C.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, contact marks, better than very fine. Accompanied by two Identification Tags (bakelite, stamped "32757 D LAYZELL CND 3 FLD AMB C E" each, one octagonal (33.5 mm x 38.8 mm), one round (34.6 mm)); Three-Ribbon Ribbon bar (Star-BWN-VM, 13 mm x 94.5 mm, pinback); 1914-15 Star Ribbon Bar (11.5 mm x 31.7 mm, pinback, discoloured); General Service Collar Tab (bronze, maker marked "CARON BROS. MONTREAL 1915" on the reverse, 26.3 mm x 30 mm, one of two lugs intact); CEF For Service At The Front Badge (bronze and enamels, numbered "279014" on the reverse, 22.3 mm, screwback); 1st Canadian Division Lest We Forget Badge (bronze and enamels, 24 mm, buttonhole attachment); Great War Veterans Pin (sterling silver and enamels, numbered "68924" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse, 16.5 mm x 21.8 mm); British Empire Service League, Canadian Legion Pin (bronze and enamels, maker marked "G. LAMOND MONTREAL" on the reverse, 11.7 mm x 15.5 mm, screwback); Army & Navy Veterans in Canada Badge (bronze and enamels, 21.7 mm, screwback); Booklet entitled "The 1st Canadian Division in the Battles of 1918" (56 pages plus cover, handwritten in balck ink "Grand father: Donald Layzell World War I" on the front cover, 138 mm x 213 mm, with 45 mm three-piece poppy attached); Leaflet entitled "Final Order of the Day by Major General Sir Archibald Cameron MacDonell Commanding 1st Canadian Division" (4 pages, 138 mm x 203 mm); three Original Notes that accompanied the Medals; and a CD containing fourteen pages with copies of his Index Cards, Attestation Paper, Service Records, Medical Records and Discharge Certificates. Footnote: Donald Arthur Layzell was born on March 29, 1895 in London, England. He signed his Attestation Paper on September 24, 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, naming his next-of-kin as his father, Charles Layzell, stating that he had one year previous military service with No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance, that he was not married and that his trade was that of Painter. He was with No. 3 Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps upon arrival in England and after having disembarked at Rouyn, France on April 10, 1915 as a reinforcement, he was transferred to the 1st Divisional Cyclist Company for water detail. Private Layzell was cited for "Insolence To N.C.O. Fined 5 days pay" on July 29, 1915. He ceased to be attached to the 1st Divisional Cyclist Company on attachment to the 12th Brigade, Canadian Filed Artillery for water detail, on the authority of the Deputy Director of Medical Services, on August 18, 1916 and was awarded a Good Conduct Badge in the field on September 25th. He was the transferred to the 4th Infantry Battalion in the field for water detail on March 22, 1917, and with them for the next fifteen months, before being posted to No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance on May 21, 1918. Upon the ceasing of hostilities, he proceeded to England on March 20, 1919 and was struck off strength of the Overseas Military Forces of Canada on April 14th, disembarking Southampton on the 15th for Canada aboard the S.S. Olympic. Layzell was discharged upon demobilization on April 24, 1919 at No. 3 District Depot, Dispersal Station H, Kingston, Ontario and permitted to wear the War Service Badge, Class "A", No. 279014.

A First War Medal Pair to the Canadian Railway Troops - British War Medal (778492 SPR. J.E.BREAKSPEAR. C.R.T.), Victory Medal (778492 SPR. J.E.BREAKSPEAR. C.R.T.), naming is impressed, very fine. Foonote: Jesse Edward Breakspear was born in Oxford England in 1888 and was working as a Bricklayer's Labourer in Mimico Ontario prior to enlisting in the CEF in January 1916 with previous military experience with the 12th York Rangers.

A First War Pair to the 18th Canadian Infantry CEF - British War Medal (823088 PTE. L.J. FRY 18-BN.CAN.INF.); and Victory Medal (823088 PTE. L.J. FRY 18-BN.CAN.INF.). Naming is officially impressed. Very crisp detail, dark patina on the BWM, original ribbon, unmounted, near extremely fine. Accompanied by a copy of his Attestation Paper. Footnote: Leonard James Fry was born in Mitcham, England on September 26 or 27, 1887. He filled out two Atttestation Papers. The first was signed on December 6, 1915 with the 142nd Infantry Battalion "London's Own" on December 6, 1915, stating his birth date as the 27th, that he had no previous military service, that he was married to Clara Eleanor Fry and that his trade was that of Metal Polisher. The Battalion was raised and mobilized in London under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel C.M.R. Graham with a strength of 26 officers and 574 other ranks, including Fry. He later re-attests on March 15, 1918 in London, Ontario, stating his birth date as the 26th, that he has previous military service, that he was married to Clara Eleanor Fry and that his trade was that of Metal Polisher. He had been previously discharged from military service because he was declared medically unfit, due to wounds.